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Executive and Legislative documents laid before the General Assembly of North-Carolina [1871; 1872]

871-72.] Document No. 7. 25
table of the sickness of prisonees ox admission.
Syphilitic.—Secondary Sypbilis, 2; Gonorrhoea, 5 ; Chronic
Urethritis, 1,
TJioracic.—Incipient Phthisis, 1 ; Chronic Cough, with scro-fulous
diathesis, 1 ; Chronic Disease of the Heart, 1.
Scrofula.—Scrofulous Caries of the bones of the leg, 1 ;
Scrofulous enlargement of the Glands of the Neck, 1.
Ahclominal.—Chronic Diarrhoea, 1 ; Inguinal Hernia, 5
;
Double Inguinal Hernia, 1 ; Dysentery, 1.
Rheumatic.—Acute Rheumatism, 1; Chronic Rheumatism, 1.
Nervous.—Epilepsy, 1 ; Paraplegia, partial, 1.
Var'ious.—Atrophy of the muscles of the leg and thigh, 1
;
In bad health and much emaciated from previous long con-finement
in jail, 1 ; Anchylosis of knee from gun shot wounds,
1 ; Leg amputated and hand badly contracted from previous
injuries, 1 ; Psora, or Itch, 7.
During the months of November and December, 1870, the
health of the convicts was excellent ; only a few cases of sore-throat,
slight rheumatic, and other minor affections occurring.
In the month ot January, there was the usual amount ot win-ter
diseases, colds, sore-throat, and rheumatism. In February
and March, much sickness occurred, pneumonia, tonsilitis, ul-cerated
sore-throat, catarrhal fever and rheumatism were the
prevailing diseases. Eighteen cases of pneumonia were treated.
The above diseases continued in the month of April, with
sporadic cases of diarrhoea, dysentery and intermittent fever.
About the 20th of April, measles became epidemic, eighty-one
cases were under treatment. Measles, ordinarily as it appears
in families, in private practice, is comparatively a mild affection,
easily managed. But, when it occurs where a number of per-sons
are congregated together, as in armies, or extensive prisons
like this penitentiary (especially if overcrowded), it often be-comes
a most formidable disease, and the sequeloi are more to
be dreaded, than the primary attack. It proved a great scourge
to both armies during our late civil war. It assumes under

871-72.] Document No. 7. 25
table of the sickness of prisonees ox admission.
Syphilitic.—Secondary Sypbilis, 2; Gonorrhoea, 5 ; Chronic
Urethritis, 1,
TJioracic.—Incipient Phthisis, 1 ; Chronic Cough, with scro-fulous
diathesis, 1 ; Chronic Disease of the Heart, 1.
Scrofula.—Scrofulous Caries of the bones of the leg, 1 ;
Scrofulous enlargement of the Glands of the Neck, 1.
Ahclominal.—Chronic Diarrhoea, 1 ; Inguinal Hernia, 5
;
Double Inguinal Hernia, 1 ; Dysentery, 1.
Rheumatic.—Acute Rheumatism, 1; Chronic Rheumatism, 1.
Nervous.—Epilepsy, 1 ; Paraplegia, partial, 1.
Var'ious.—Atrophy of the muscles of the leg and thigh, 1
;
In bad health and much emaciated from previous long con-finement
in jail, 1 ; Anchylosis of knee from gun shot wounds,
1 ; Leg amputated and hand badly contracted from previous
injuries, 1 ; Psora, or Itch, 7.
During the months of November and December, 1870, the
health of the convicts was excellent ; only a few cases of sore-throat,
slight rheumatic, and other minor affections occurring.
In the month ot January, there was the usual amount ot win-ter
diseases, colds, sore-throat, and rheumatism. In February
and March, much sickness occurred, pneumonia, tonsilitis, ul-cerated
sore-throat, catarrhal fever and rheumatism were the
prevailing diseases. Eighteen cases of pneumonia were treated.
The above diseases continued in the month of April, with
sporadic cases of diarrhoea, dysentery and intermittent fever.
About the 20th of April, measles became epidemic, eighty-one
cases were under treatment. Measles, ordinarily as it appears
in families, in private practice, is comparatively a mild affection,
easily managed. But, when it occurs where a number of per-sons
are congregated together, as in armies, or extensive prisons
like this penitentiary (especially if overcrowded), it often be-comes
a most formidable disease, and the sequeloi are more to
be dreaded, than the primary attack. It proved a great scourge
to both armies during our late civil war. It assumes under